#Bryophyta

[plant-taxonomy-showdown]

Phylum Final Round!

For the Phylum Level Champion!

Reminder: This is the final PHYLUM round. Winner goes on to classes!

Magnoliophyta (aka angiosperms, flowering plants): A large, diverse phylum with over 300,000 known species. Two of the more well-known sub-divisions are monocots (including grains, onion-like plants, and irises and lilies) and eudicots (including most leafy trees, a wide variety of flowers such as sunflowers and roses, and many food plants from coffee to cabbages.)

Bryophyta (aka mosses): Small but mighty, and among the most ancient of land plants. 95% of all moss species are in the class Bryopsida, while Sphagnopsida contains the bog-loving peat mosses.

[mossinformed]

When people ask me how to get rid of the moss in their yard

[arknights-archive]

EN 4th anniversary stickers 1/2

[funazuka]

wounded Bryophyta

this is based from his Promotion Record

After a period of rigorous training, Bryophyta's combat abilities have shown visible improvement. Compared to how defenseless he was when he started, he has already made the first steps towards finding a fighting style that suits him – either through keeping his distance, or using his agility to make up for differences in strength. He often uses his tenacity to tough out the first volley of attacks, before finding the right moment to create an opening for him and his teammates to counterattack.

We've noticed that the tenacity he's displayed during training can actually be attributed to the Originium Arts he subconsciously uses during critical moments. From what we know, his Arts allow him to craft small objects from soil and stone, such as the dolls resembling fluffy creatures he's shown us.

Looking back at his training videos, we can see that his Arts have a new way of manifesting: by quickly generating tiny earthen barriers in the area about to be struck, he effectively improves his physical resilience in actual combat. We believe that this may be a concrete expression of the ideas of "guarding" and "protecting others" apparent in his personality.

Of course, Bryophyta's usage of his Arts is only at the novice level, and he has not yet mastered a way to continuously control this ability. We will continue paying attention to any future possibilities for him.

"Why do you push yourself so hard to learn combat skills when you get beat up this badly every time...?" –A question posed by a Medical Operator.

"Because every explorer needs to know a bit of self-defense, of course..."

"Eventually, I need to take Lut and Liv to all sorts of different places..."

"It's okay... I can keep doing this..." replied Enis with a wince as he got up from his hospital bed.

[bluepicmi]

Bryophyta, my tiny family man

[rattyexplores]

Moss growing on a old rope.

30/07/23 - Bryophyta sp. - farmland, near remnant

[lichenaday]

Tortella inclinata

Shortleaf chalk moss, inclined twisted moss

Hey all, I have decided to transition to moss instead of lichens. I know this is a huge change and many of you will likely lose interest now that the focus of this blog has shifted so significantly, but I promise I will do my best to make moss as interesting as lichens. So please give a warm welcome to T. inclinata! This widespread, pioneer species grows on loose, calcareous substrates in sun-exposed habitats in cool-temperate regions. It has pale yellow-green stems and hooded, twisted leaves. It forms dense tufts up to 1 cm tall. This species is dioicous (has male and female parts on separate plant), and it forms curved ellipsoidal to cylindrical spore capsules in spring. So yeah, that's a moss for ya! Bryophytes are great and I totally like them more than lichens now.

(in case it isn't clear, this is an April Fool's joke and we will return to our regularly scheduled lichen posts tomorrow)

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[snototter]

Sphagnum moss (Sphagnum sp.) in Chattahoochee National Forest, GA, USA

by Alan Cressler

[autumnnnsun]

When Bryophyta kept hitting the truck he was using and screaming because he got overwhelmed by his responsibilities, that was a legitimately real moment that I was not expecting out of an event with a flying pink sheep ngl.

[plant-taxonomy-showdown]

Phylum Semi-Finals

Big Spiky Things vs Little Soft Things

Pinophyta (conifers) fun fact: Giant sequoias, Sequoiadendron giganteum, can grow over 300 feet tall, 30 feet in diameter, and live for over 3,000 years. They are the world's largest trees.

Bryophyta (mosses) fun fact: Mosses in the Sphagnum genus can hold 16-26 times as much water as their dry weight.

[mossinformed]

I made my family pause Jurassic park bc there were cool lichens

[arknights-archive]

So Long, Adele rerun

[funazuka]

The Chauffer

If you didn't miss Bryophyta's EPOQUE skin, Closure will say that Bryophyta will offer you for a ride both as tour guide and chauffer

this one is alternate version without tones

[plagiomnium]

[eltheexistence]

Moss under a loupe

[toothwalker]